GANTLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gantlet mean? 

• GANTLET (noun)
  The noun GANTLET has 5 senses:

1. to offer or accept a challenge

2. a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

3. a glove with long sleeve

4. the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times

5. a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim

  Familiarity information: GANTLET used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GANTLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To offer or accept a challenge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

gantlet; gauntlet

Context example:

took up the gauntlet

Hypernyms ("gantlet" is a kind of...):

challenge (a call to engage in a contest or fight)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A glove of armored leather; protects the hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gantlet; gauntlet; metal glove

Hypernyms ("gantlet" is a kind of...):

glove (handwear: covers the hand and wrist)

Holonyms ("gantlet" is a part of...):

body armor; body armour; cataphract; coat of mail; suit of armor; suit of armour (armor that protects the wearer's whole body)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A glove with long sleeve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gantlet; gauntlet

Hypernyms ("gantlet" is a kind of...):

glove (handwear: covers the hand and wrist)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gantlet" is a kind of...):

railroad; railroad track; railway (a line of track providing a runway for wheels)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

gantlet; gauntlet

Hypernyms ("gantlet" is a kind of...):

corporal punishment (the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime)